Friday, November 4, 2011

Your Free Open Source Music Studio

A
perk as an instructor is to be able to review books related to the
curriculum. A book I received recently, “Your Free Open Source
Music Studio” by G.W. Childs is a book I wish I had several years
ago.When I made the switch from hardware to a software based
recording set-up, it took a bit of research, time, money, trial and
error to find proper resources. This book lists quality sources that
are free
or very low cost.

These
days a computer with the right software has all the capabilities of a
professional recording studio.Check out the books. Try Amazon or
Bookfinder.com for the best pricing.

So as not to steal it’s
thunder, here are two resources not mentioned in the book. For
FruityLoops lovers check out LMMS (Linux Multimedia Studio) - http://lmms.sourceforge.net/ .

This
software is free, works on Windows and Linux and work very similar to
the FruityLoop music program.

Also
try Acid Xpress - http://www.acidplanet.com/downloads/xpress/ . This is a streamline version of Sony’s Acid music program and
it’s free. It allows you to combine loops to make your own music.
Once a week on Acid Planet they provide music loops that you can
download for free as well. Just click on the free downloads tab.